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I always assumed they taught the Yale Romanization in schools, since that's what every book I've bought in Hong Kong has used. Outside Hong Kong, Jyutping seems pretty much univers…

You also might try Bing Translate, which actually has Cantonese translation. Google Translate can take Cantonese input, but since it's really just a Mandarin translation engine, it…

No, you can actually type this straight into Google Translate and it will work fine. After selecting Chinese as the language, you have to set the input method as "Cantonese." Of co…

Since Chinese hackers stole a huge cache of SF-86s, this is somewhat ironic. If you omitted something incriminating from your SF-86, you are, perhaps, safer from blackmail.

Certainly not joe shmoe polygraph examiners, but I was under the impression that the NSA examiners are sworn federal law enforcement officers. Now that I say that, though, I can't …

Yes, you can be prosecuted for things you admit during a polygraph interview. You can also be prosecuted for lying, since the polygraph examiners are federal investigators.

Unless you used to have a serious meth or heroine problem I'd say you're fine. ;) I was pretty honest about my drug use. The way they phrase the questions sometimes leaves you with…

What sort of disqualifying info, if you don't mind my asking? There were a lot of interesting questions in the psych interview, from porn use to romantic relationships and digital …

I took a polygraph twice for an NSA internship (TS/CSI Clearance). It's an interesting process. In the first phase, you go over your security forms (SF-86 and related) in detail wi…